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This paper investigates the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on Corporate Financial Performance (CFP) in the United States and Europe between 2008-2017. Analyzing the top firms from the Globe Reptrack 100, the biggest study on corporate reputation
worldwide, the paper puts forward evidence supporting stakeholder theory as well as CSR’s impact on earnings on both continents. The paper measures financial performance using the natural log of Net Income and Corporate Social Responsibility using CSR Hub data. Its findings
both agree with and contradict the predominant literature. It concurs with the literature in its support of Stakeholder Theory as CSR is shown to be a positive indicator of financial performance. It diverges from the literature in that American firms are more highly rewarded for
CSR investment than their European counterparts.

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The author has given permission for this work to be deposited in the Digital Archive of Colorado College.

Can Corporations Do Well and Do Good? An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United States and Europe Can Corporations Do Well and Do Good? An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United States and Europe PDF